Name: Creamy Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 Chicken Breasts; 2 tbsp White Flour; ¼ tsp Salt; 4 tbsp Olive Oil (divided); ¼ cup White Wine (or use water or chicken stock); 2 cloves Garlic (minced); 2 tsp Lemon Juice; 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter; ¼ cup Heavy Cream; ½ tsp Parsley (optional)

Tired of same old, same old chicken recipes? Here is the easiest Garlic Butter Chicken Breast in Creamy Sauce Recipe, that the whole family, including the picky eaters will love! This simple and delicious chicken recipe is going to jump in your permanent dinner rotation, because it is yummy and easy to make!

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Stop making your usual chicken breast dinners over and over again, and try this recipe instead. The best thing about this recipe, is that it gives a delicious and simple makeover to the usual chicken dinner. It will make you say: “Winner, winner chicken dinner!” again.

Best Ever Italian Chicken Breast in Creamy Sauce

Don’t want to go to a restaurant, but craving some Italian food? This is the easiest Italian chicken breast recipe ever, and tastes better than the one at the restaurant! Here are the tools that you need to make this chicken:

– Stainless Steel Skillet, for sauteing the chicken, and then making the creamy sauce.

– Skillet Turners, to turn the chicken, and to cook the sauce.

– Meat Thermometer, use the thermometer to make sure that the chicken is cooked completely.

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Variations on the Garlic Butter Chicken Breast in Creamy Sauce Recipe

– The cream sauce uses white wine to deglaze the frying pan. If you don’t want to use wine, use chicken stock or water.

– If you don’t have heavy cream, you can use half and half, or even milk instead. The sauce won’t be as rich, but it will still be yummy.

– You can use chicken thigh instead of chicken breasts, to make garlic butter chicken thighs. Use a Meat Thermometer make sure you cook them through.

– Don’t like garlic? You can skip the garlic for a creamy lemon sauce.

How To Make Chicken in Creamy Garlic Butter Sauce

Here is how to make this delicious garlic butter chicken. For the measurements, and step by step recipe, see the recipe card below.

Drench all the chicken breasts in flour, and shake off the excess flour. Heat up the olive oil on the frying pan and add a few chicken breasts. Make sure not to overcrowd them, so that they all have enough space to cook.

Once they cook on one side, turn them to the other side. Continue cooking until they are done. Use the Meat Thermometer to make sure that they are 165F. Repeat with the rest of the chicken.

Now, make sauce. Add a bit of oil to the skillet, and cook garlic. Next, deglaze the frying pan with white wine (or water or stock, if you are not using the wine). Use the Skillet Turners to scrape all the delicious bits from the bottom of the skillet. The flour from the chicken that was left on the skillet will thicken the sauce a bit. Add lemon juice, and continue cooking.

Next, add butter and cream. Add the chicken back to the skillet, coat in sauce, and turn it. Turn off the heat and sprinkle with parsley. For a delicious garlic butter chicken pasta dinner, serve the chicken with Garlic Olive Oil Pasta Recipe (Aglio e Olio) and Garlic and Broccoli Rabe.

Serving Suggestions

Wondering what to serve creamy garlic butter chicken with? Here are some suggestions for delicious side dishes to go with this garlic butter chicken breast recipe.

For a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, with chicken instead of turkey, serve with Instant Pot Butternut Squash, Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce, Instant Pot Cranberry Apple Infused Water and Roasted Brussel Sprouts With Pecans.

For a Keto chicken dinner, leave out the flour in the chicken recipe, and serve with Low Carb Cauliflower Fritters, Easy Cucumber Tomato Salad With Cauliflower and Instant Pot Apple Cider Recipe.

For the easiest dinner, serve the creamy chicken sauce over rice with Microwave Frozen Broccoli, that you can make in the microwave, while the chicken is cooking.

Pro Tips For Making The Best Garlic Butter Chicken

– For this recipe, use dry white wine, not a sweet one. Sweet ones are not usually used when making a sauce.

– Don’t overcook the chicken. People often say that they don’t like cooking boneless, skinless chicken breast, because it always comes out tough. Well, it comes out tough, because people often overcook it. Instead, make sure to cook it to the temperature of 165F, and not over cook it.

– To continue on the point above, once you add the chicken to the garlic butter sauce, turn the chicken in the sauce, and turn off the frying pan. Remember, the chicken is already cooked, no reason to cook it more. You are only adding it to the pan, so that you can coat it in the sauce.

– You can skip the parsley in this recipe, if you don’t have it.

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Creamy Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe

This amazing Creamy Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe is a simple dinner recipe that the whole family will love! Just a few ingredients will result in garlic butter chicken that you can serve for dinner in just 30 minutes!

Prep Time3 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: creamy garlic butter chicken, garlic butter chicken

Servings:

Calories: 597kcal

Author: TastyGalaxy.com

Equipment

Ingredients

3 Chicken Breasts
2 tbsp White Flour
¼ tsp Salt
4 tbsp Olive Oil divided
¼ cup White Wine or use water or chicken stock
2 cloves Garlic minced
2 tsp Lemon Juice
2 tbsp Unsalted Butter
¼ cup Heavy Cream
½ tsp Parsley optional

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Instructions

Salt the chicken, and drench in flour. Shake off the excess flour.
Heat up 3 table spoons of Olive Oil in the Stainless Steel Skillet. Add the chicken and cook undisturbed for 4-5 minutes.
Turn the chicken, and continue cooking, until the chicken is done. Make sure to use the Meat Thermometer to ensure that the chicken is at least 165F. Take the chicken off the skillet, and put on a plate.
Add the last table spoon of Olive Oil to the Skillet. Add minced garlic, and cook for one minute. Add white wine and lemon juice, and scrape the skillet with the Skillet Turners to get all the crispy bits into the sauce. The bits and the flour remaining on the skillet will thicken up the sauce a bit.
Turk the skillet to simmer. Add butter and cream to the sauce.
Put the chicken back in, and coat with creamy garlic butter sauce. Turn off the heat, and serve with Cauliflower Fried Rice, Caprese Salad and Peach Iced Tea.